The Free Land of Asteurasia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 692 million Asteurasians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of O'esteur Posqueleés Perquois'n Brunes't. The average income tax rate is 49.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Asteurasian economy, worth 62.0 trillion Asteur Dinars a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,616 Asteur Dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asteurasia's national animal is the Asteuri Toucan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Asteurasia is ranked 277,011^th in the world and 797^th in The Frontier Sea for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.37 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.